Region II Illinois State Parks and other Natural Areas – Northeast Region For more information on each site, view the website LOCATION PROJECT Buffalo Rock State Park Contact Site for possible volunteer opportunities Rte. PO Box 2034 i.e.: bird counts, installing nesting boxes, plant management Ottawa, IL 61350 Special events, stream management and bat census, litter pick-up Contact: Dan Bell, Site Supt. Repair of trail signs and structures, painting, carpentry, mowing and campsite repair (815)433-2220 Or email [email protected] Chain O’Lakes State Parks 8916 Wilmot Road Clean & maintain wood duck houses - January - March Spring Grove, IL 60081 Campground host program Contact: Greg Behm, Site Superintendent (847)587-5512 Or email [email protected] Channahon State Park Contact Site for possible volunteer opportunities PO Box 54 Channahon, IL 60410 Contact: Dan Bell, Site Superintendent (815)467-4271 Or email [email protected] Des Plaines State Fish & Wildlife Area 24621 North River Road Will County Audubon Society Osprey Nest Wilmington, IL 60481 Field Trail Facility East Grounds (add water/plumbing by DPFTA) Contact: Jeff Wepprecht, Site Superintendent Equestrian trail by Will Co. Trailriders – July – Sept. (815)423-5326 Wingshooting Clinics by Ph. Forever – May - June Or email [email protected] Field Trials by DPFTC- July - October Hunter Safety Course - June – August Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area/Heidecke SFWA 5010 N. Jugtown Road Join Goose Lake Prairie Partners – view website at: http://www.gooselakeprairie.org Morris, IL 60450 GLP Partners Old Time Holiday – November Contact: Duane Snow, Site Superintendent Volunteer drive - all year (815)942-2899 Email [email protected] "Cabin Festival" - June Susie Johnson –GLP Partner President Staffing of GLP Visitor Center on weekends – March - November Email [email protected] Prairie Day- September Goose Lake Prairie web page by GLP Partners The Tallgrass journal Prairie Partners – Quarterly Prairie Partner Gift Shop Nature Photo Contest – August Other special events I & M Canal State Trail/Gebhard Woods State Park PO Box 272 Contact the Site for possible volunteer opportunities Morris, IL 60450 Contact: Dan Bell, Site Superintendent or Jill Jackson, Site Interpreter (815)942-9501 Or email [email protected] Or [email protected] Illinois Beach State Park Lake Front Campground host program - May - December Zion, IL 60099 Bird counts - all year Contact: Bob Feffer Hawk watch program - Sept. – Nov. (847)662-4811 Exotic plant removal/ herbiciding/seed collection - all year Or email [email protected] Annual beach cleanup by Alliance for the Great Lakes - September Kankakee River State Park 5314 W. Rte. 102 Maintenance and expansion of prairie and wildflower beds- Mar - Oct Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Bluebird box maintenance – on going Contact: Stacey Johnson, Site Superintendent PC archery hunt – on going (815) 933-1383 Trail clearing and maintenance – on going Or [email protected] Campground host program -on going Trash removal -on going Garlic mustard removal - on going Scout projects – on going NIAA River clean-up -September EcoWatch river monitoring - on going Mazonia-Braidwood SFWA Install man-made fish habitat units into Braidwood Lake by local Bass clubs – May-July Route 53 and Huston Road Braceville, IL 60407 Contact: Mark Meents, Site Superintendent (815)237-0063 Or email [email protected] Moraine Hills State Park Join Friends of Moraine Hills - view Website at www.FriendsofMoraineHillsStatePark.org 1510 S. River Rd. Provide weekend Docent Services at Visitor Center – January - November McHenry, IL 60051 Monitor Bluebird Trails – March - August Contact: Greg Kelly, Site Superintendent Attend to Native Woodland & Prairie Gardens – March - October [email protected] Participate in Habitat Restoration Work Days or Stacy Iwanicki, Natural Resource Coordinator Roving Naturalist – Year-Round (815)344-1294 Adopt a Trail – Year-Round Or email [email protected] Special Events in June, October Veterans Conservation Corps Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area 13608 Fox Road Polar Plunge - March Yorkville, IL 60560 Rolling on the River - August Contact: Jeff Wepprecht, Site Superintendent Trout Season – April - September (630)553-6297 National Hunting/Fishing Days - September Or email [email protected] Volo Bog State Natural Area Join Friends of Volo Bog, view website at: www.FriendsofVoloBog.org 28478 W. Brandenburg Rd. Provide Wednesday - Sunday Docent Services at Visitor Center Year-round Ingleside, IL 60041 Assist with & conduct School/Youth Group/Special Interest Group Field Trips Contact: Greg Kelly, Site Superintendent Assist with special events – Jan, April/May, July & October [email protected] Attend to Native Prairie Gardens March - October or Stacy Iwanicki, Natural Resource Coordinator Participate in Habitat Restoration Work Days (815)344-1294 Monitor bluebird and wood duck nest boxes – March - August Or email [email protected] Adopt-a-Highway Program Monthly Veterans Conservation Corps Provide weekend Bog Tours – on going William W. Powers State Recreation Area 12949 S. Avenue "O" Chicago, IL 60633 Contact: Levi Bray, Site Superintendent Fishing Rodeo for people with special needs, Annual event June (773)646-3270 Bluebird box maintenance –March –Sept. Or email [email protected] .